Malta
Capital city — Valletta
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.895(28/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i02/2021Total number of prison facilities
i2021An NPM has been established
i20/02/2019/ APTFemale prisoners
i02/2021Incarcerated minors
i02/2021Percentage of untried prisoners
i02/2021Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
7.1 %
(58)
i
02/2021
Percentage of untried female prisoners
21.7 %
(13)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
8.3 %
(5)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 1 year old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
02/2021
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
51.5 %
(408)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
2.1 %
(12)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.9 %
(278)
i
02/2021
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000